Trade size and informed trading: Which trades are "big"?

Journal of Financial Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-163

  Heflin, Frank ^a   Shaw, Kenneth W ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 14844303756     PISSN: 02702592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6803.2005.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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